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One Nation MP says failed WA candidate’s comments describing same-sex attraction as a mental illness are ‘highly offensive’

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Education minister says funding agreement with Victoria ‘very close’

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Angus Taylor and other Coalition members not supporting shadow housing minister’s target migration numbers, which would be the lowest figures since the mid-2000s

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Anthony Albanese’s comments about melons given to him by Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi continue to make headlines weeks after they were made

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Ten years after my first Essential column for the Guardian, another centrist government is confronting a global bin fire in the face of a resurgence of populism

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Some Liberal and National MPs warn against overregulation in party-room discussion, while others argue for more stringent rules

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Ted O’Brien says that just because the Japanese government has downplayed melon-gate, doesn’t mean Anthony Albane

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Anthony Albanese is weighing up the options

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Police say the remains found in a suitcase near Goulburn are not human.

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Prime minister and opposition leader meet in Canberra to advance agreement on gambling advertising

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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull tells a public inquiry that the Aukus deal with the US and UK will probably result in no submarines at all for Australia. He says the US’s capacity for building submarines has remained stubbornly laggard, and that

Stronger action on inducements would be popular with voters – but crossbenchers fear ad reforms are worse than the status quo

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Exclusive: Adira says she doesn’t know much about her target countries or even know who their leaders are. Instead she’s chasing money from Meta, which pays for engagement

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Coalition demands NDIS changes focus on fraud, corruption

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Sources say Albanese government willing to tighten rules on betting inducements but less likely to budge on TV and online advertisements

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Australians are the biggest gambling losers in the world. Labor’s feeble ‘reforms’ aren’t close to good enough

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Barrie Cassidy is back, and kicks off the episode by analysing the conflict in the Labor party over migration that led to the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, pulling out of his scheduled press club speech this week.

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Federal parliament is returning from winter break next week.

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One Nation leader says party covered ‘all travel costs’ for her European trip – aside from those paid by billionaire Gina Rinehart

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Approvals can take decades – and more than 1,500 people died in a 21-month period as they waited, data shows

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Politicians’ fever dreams of ‘sustainable price increases’ – where values keep rising but by less than wages – could happen

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Jean-Claude Perrottet, brother of former NSW premier, asked about messages referencing federal opposition leader and factional group Reformers

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MPs say they are anxious for the government to avoid cuts to family and humanitarian visa categories

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Major business groups have urged Labor to suspend its immigra

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A 60-year-old man has died after an alleged assault in Melbourne, where he was allegedly set upon by a group of youths.

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Despite reports the PM wants Labor’s bill to be passed in full or withdrawn, Anika Wells insists she is prepared to negotiate

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Former AFL inclusion manager tells inquiry One Nation leader’s conduct is encouraging people to use ‘similar behaviour and words’

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Husic to take ‘short’ period of leave after collision on Sydney motorway on Tuesday

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Jean-Claude Perrottet was questioned at the Operation Rosny hearings about the actions of the NSW Liberals’ hard-right Reformers faction

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New data shows the federal government scheme has been used by high-income borrowers, including one couple earning an annual $674,000

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Energy minister says Australian households and energy reliability will be protected by new federal legislation

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Sarah Henderson says bill ignores gambling inducements, uniting parties and independents against controversial legislation

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Almost every house sold in first six months of the year made a profit

Kellie Sloane reserves decision on shadow attorney general’s future as Reformer Jean-Claude Perrottet tells inquiry group signed up members to ‘dodgy’ branches

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Exclusive: Warren Pickering told 2025 podcast mass deportations ‘not a reality’ in Australia and suggested politicians over 55 should ‘handball it to the next generation’

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As home affairs minister’s National Press Club address is postponed, refugee advocates lament missed ‘opportunity to bring Australians together’

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The former Liberal finance minister was questioned by Icac counsel assisting, Peggy Dwyer, on Tuesday

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Education minister Jason Clare says the results showed ‘real challenges’ but numeracy scores were heartening

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By deciding who gets to ask questions and who is barred, the One Nation leader is upending the democratic role that journalists are supposed to occupy

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